泰国内阁通过中国投资泰国铁路合作项目
通过两国政府间直接合作，中国将参与投资、修建一条全长867公里的双轨标准轨铁路，这条铁路共分为3段，路线从泰国东北部重要口岸廊开府到首都曼谷及东部工业重镇罗勇府。并且可与计划中的中老铁路衔接。该线路定位为客货两用的准高铁，可给中泰贸易提供新的通道，同时还可形成从昆明到老挝再到泰国的旅游黄金线路。
http://intl.ce.cn/sjjj/qy/201411/19/t20141119_3933888.shtml
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
泰国铁路
通过两国政府间直接合作，中国将参与投资、修建一条全长867公里的双轨标准轨铁路，这条铁路共分为3段，路线从泰国东北部重要口岸廊开府到首都曼谷及东部工业重镇罗勇府。并且可与计划中的中老铁路衔接。该线路定位为客货两用的准高铁，可给中泰贸易提供新的通道，同时还可形成从昆明到老挝再到泰国的旅游黄金线路。
http://intl.ce.cn/sjjj/qy/201411/19/t20141119_3933888.shtml
Monday, August 11, 2014
Indonesia’s President-elect Joko Widodo high-powered transition team
Indonesia’s President-elect Joko Widodo has appointed a high-powered transition team to devise a list of programs his administration could implement..
1. Rini Sumarno, head
A personal confidant of former president Megawati Sukarnoputri, who now chairs the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) that backed Mr. Widodo’s candidacy. Ms. Sumarno – whose father was a Cabinet member under Sukarno, Indonesia’s founding president and Mrs. Sukarnoputri’s father – served as minister of trade and industry during Ms. Sukarnoputri’s presidency in the early 2000s. The 56-year-old U.S.-educated technocrat previously held a senior position at the now-defunct Indonesian Banking Restructuring Agency at the height of 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. Outside of public office, Ms. Sumarno was the chief executive of Astra International, an Indonesian conglomerate with interests in consumer goods, automobiles, mining and financial services.
2. Anies Baswedan, deputy
The 45-year-old rector of Paramadina University gained a widespread following among Indonesian youth after he initiated a program called Indonesia Mengajar (Teaching Indonesia), which deploys young graduates to remote locations to teach elementary school. He was further propelled into the national spotlight after becoming Mr. Widodo’s campaign spokesperson. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Northern Illinois University.
3. Andi Widjajanto, deputy
An international relations lecturer at the University of Indonesia, Mr. Widjajanto is a PDI-P member and was part of Mr. Widodo’s advisory team during the recent campaign. The 42-year-old military expert, whose late father was a senior PDI-P member and advisor to Mrs. Sukarnoputri, is well-regarded among military personnel and activists in the country. He holds two master’s degrees, one from Washington’s National Defense University and the other from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
4. Hasto Kristiyanto, deputy
A past member of Parliament from 2004 to 2009, Mr. Kristiyanto, 48, is currently the vice secretary general of PDI-P and a confidant of Mrs. Sukarnoputri. During his time as a lawmaker, he strongly opposed increasing food imports, arguing that the government should extend assistance to farmers instead by helping them increase their yields and streamline a supply chain that has caused local goods to be pricier than imported ones.
5. Akbar Faizal, deputy
A former legislator from the Hanura party, 45-year-old Mr. Faizal swapped allegiances last year and is now a senior official with Nasdem, one of the parties supporting Mr. Widodo’s presidential bid. The former journalist caught public attention when he pushed for a Parliamentary inquiry into corruption allegations surrounding the bailout of a small bank back in 2008. The legal proceedings in the case are ongoing, with the country’s anti-corruption court last month sentencing a former senior central banker to 10 years in jail.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa
Prabowo has spoken about the targeted fuel subsidy, to ensure that even if there are still subsidies, they should be targeted to those who really need it.
Given that Indonesian fossil fuel reserves will be depleted in a few years time, Prabowo would like to see renewable and other alternative energy such as geothermal, hydropower and biofuel be developed more vigorously. He proposed that huge areas that have suffered massive deforestation should be developed for biofuel development.
Prabowo proposing to increase the budget for agriculture to 10 percent of the total from current 3 percent.
The manifesto rejects privatization of state-owned enterprises, reject trade liberalization and is in favor of more protection in trade policies.
source: Prabowo speech in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore in April 2012, page 6,
Given that Indonesian fossil fuel reserves will be depleted in a few years time, Prabowo would like to see renewable and other alternative energy such as geothermal, hydropower and biofuel be developed more vigorously. He proposed that huge areas that have suffered massive deforestation should be developed for biofuel development.
Prabowo proposing to increase the budget for agriculture to 10 percent of the total from current 3 percent.
The manifesto rejects privatization of state-owned enterprises, reject trade liberalization and is in favor of more protection in trade policies.
source: Prabowo speech in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore in April 2012, page 6,
The Jokowi-Kalla platform
The Jokowi-Kalla plan to open 1 million hectares of new rice fields outside Java and build new irrigation networks for 3 million ha of rice fields between 2014 and 2019.
Their plan to increase research and development in agriculture because the key to agricultural productivity is high-yield seeds that can be developed only through research.
In the energy sector, the pair’s policies of prioritizing the use of natural gas and coal for electric power and strengthening incentives, legal certainty and regulatory body in the petroleum industry.
The promotion of gas utilization through the building of more pipelines with the operation of two floating storage and regasification units (FSRU) north off West Java and in Lampung, respectively, and the third FSRU in Arun, next year. FSRUs enable the shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Papua and Bontang, East Kalimantan, and even LNG imports from other countries to users in Java and Sumatra.
The Jokowi-Kalla plan to build 2,000 kilometers of roads, 10 airports, 10 ports and 5,000 traditional markets within the next five years. This addresses one of the most pressing problems eroding Indonesia’s economic competitiveness: poor infrastructure. Inadequate infrastructure has hindered connectivity within the country and has made Indonesian logistics costs among the highest in ASEAN.
The plan to develop 10 new industrial estates complete with low-cost housing for workers will accelerate new investment in the manufacturing sector. Developed industrial estates will make Indonesia more attractive to investors often frustrated with the poor access to ports and the arduous, punitively costly process of land acquisition. Expediting the titling of 9 million ha of farmland could be the spark that triggers long awaited land reform across the country.
source: The Jarkarta Post 26 May 2014 page 6.
Their plan to increase research and development in agriculture because the key to agricultural productivity is high-yield seeds that can be developed only through research.
In the energy sector, the pair’s policies of prioritizing the use of natural gas and coal for electric power and strengthening incentives, legal certainty and regulatory body in the petroleum industry.
The promotion of gas utilization through the building of more pipelines with the operation of two floating storage and regasification units (FSRU) north off West Java and in Lampung, respectively, and the third FSRU in Arun, next year. FSRUs enable the shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Papua and Bontang, East Kalimantan, and even LNG imports from other countries to users in Java and Sumatra.
The Jokowi-Kalla plan to build 2,000 kilometers of roads, 10 airports, 10 ports and 5,000 traditional markets within the next five years. This addresses one of the most pressing problems eroding Indonesia’s economic competitiveness: poor infrastructure. Inadequate infrastructure has hindered connectivity within the country and has made Indonesian logistics costs among the highest in ASEAN.
The plan to develop 10 new industrial estates complete with low-cost housing for workers will accelerate new investment in the manufacturing sector. Developed industrial estates will make Indonesia more attractive to investors often frustrated with the poor access to ports and the arduous, punitively costly process of land acquisition. Expediting the titling of 9 million ha of farmland could be the spark that triggers long awaited land reform across the country.
source: The Jarkarta Post 26 May 2014 page 6.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Indonesia Election
third largest democracy country after India and US.
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)
Joko “Jokowi” Widodo
Jakarta Governor and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) presidential candidate
Puan Maharani
head of the party’s general election division
Megawati’s daughter
daughter of her third husband, the late Taufiq Kiemas.
Prananda Prabowo
Megawati’s second son
son of Megawati from her first husband the late Surindro Supjarso
Golkar Party
Aburizal Bakrie
Jusuf Kalla
Gerindra Party
Prabowo Subianto
Gerindra Party’s presidential candidate
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono
Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Gumelar
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)
Joko “Jokowi” Widodo
Jakarta Governor and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) presidential candidate
Puan Maharani
head of the party’s general election division
Megawati’s daughter
daughter of her third husband, the late Taufiq Kiemas.
Prananda Prabowo
Megawati’s second son
son of Megawati from her first husband the late Surindro Supjarso
Golkar Party
Aburizal Bakrie
Jusuf Kalla
Gerindra Party
Prabowo Subianto
Gerindra Party’s presidential candidate
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono
Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Gumelar
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